It was the kind of manhandling that should motivate General Manager Jeff Ireland to push the panic button searching for a quick fix.

Watching the Ravens choke out Miami's rushing attack - limiting the Dolphins to 22 yards on 11 carries - and push around the Dolphins should reinforce the theory that Miami's offense needs reinforcements.

"This is the NFL, and if a team struggles in one area you need to adjust and adapt during the week," said Terrell Suggs, who produced three sacks in the fourth quarter. "My wife told me to bring momma home three sacks and it came down to the stretch in the fourth quarter and I said, 'Alright momma said she wants three,' so I got it."

The Dolphins allowed a total of six sacks to the Ravens. That's 24 in five games, which means the Dolphins are presently on pace to allow 77 sacks, which would just edge the NFL record of 76.

The franchise record for sacks allowed in a season is 53, and Joe Philbin's unit is on pace to shatter that.

The most painful one came from Elvis Dumervil, who sacked Ryan Tannehill for a 5-yard loss on second-and-10 from the Ravens' 34 on Miami's final drive, which concluded with Caleb Sturgis missing a 57-yard field goal two snaps later.

Starting left guard Richie Incognito said the bye week will provide the Dolphins and opportunity to assess the issues thoroughly.

"A chance for us to come up for some air, evaluate what's working and what's not working, and just come back and hit the ground running," Incognito said."We have to figure out what is working and build on those things we are doing right."

At the present moment, that's a very short list.

The Dolphins have run the ball effectively and protected well in the red zone, scoring five rushing touchdowns. But outside of that, there isn't much the offensive line can hang their hat on.

Miami is averaging 3.7 rushing yards per game, and Tannehill rarely has a clean pocket that allows him to throw deep.

"It is frustrating. It is something that we have addressed, something that we've talked a lot about. At this point it is not about talking anymore. We just have to go out there and do it," said left tackle Jonathan Martin, who allowed two sacks. "Each man needs to do his job. It is still one guy here, one guy there. That is going to get you beat if you don't have all 11 on the same page every snap."

Teams can mask weak offensive line play by max protecting more, running screens and draw plays. But the Dolphins are poor at all three.

The tailbacks and tight end are part of the protection problems considering none of them are efficient blockers. The Dolphins need to find a tight end who can block to help out the offensive tackles more, and a tailback who isn't a turnstile, picking up blitzing linebackers better than Daniel Thomas and Lamar Miller have.

"This is a very tough Miami Dolphins team. I wouldn't be surprised if we see them again," Suggs said, referring to the playoffs.

That likely won't happen if the Dolphins can't figure out how protect Tannehill better.